EHP-in-Press | April 26, 2010
CONCLUSIONS: Taken in context with other North American studies, our findings suggest that non-coplanar PCB concentrations consistent within the range of exposure currently observed in western Washington State do not contribute meaningfully to endometr…
Gynecologie, Obstetrique et Fertilite | April 26, 2010
Authors: Racine AC, Legrand E, Lefebvre-Lacoeuille C, Hoppe E, Catala L, Sentilhes L, Descamps P
The recent demonstration that aromatase is expressed at higher levels in endometriosis implants than in normal endometrium has led to pilot studies usi…
MedWire News - Ob/Gyn | April 26, 2010
There is no significant difference in the genotype distributions or allele frequencies of the transforming growth factor beta gene-509 C/T polymorphism between women with endometriosis and women without it, say Korean researchers. (Source: MedWire News…
Journal of Clinical Pathology | April 23, 2010
A 27-year-old nulliparous woman presented with large finger-like projections protruding from her vagina. Intraoperatively there were deposits in the pouch of Douglas. Clinical presentation and history of vaginal bleeding suggested malignancy. Histopath…
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging | April 22, 2010
To assess the value of magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the evaluation of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE).In a prospective single-center study, DWI was added to the standard MRI protocol in 56 consecutive patients with …
The Doctors Lounge - Health News | April 22, 2010
Endometriosis
Bipolar Depression
Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhea (Source: The Doctors Lounge – Health News)
Journal of Reproductive Immunology | April 21, 2010
Abstract: Gene expression profiling can be of benefit in identifying critical factors in the process of disease initiation and development. However, in endometriosis it has proven difficult to identify common genes between DNA microarray studies, presu…
Fertility and Sterility | April 21, 2010
To the Editor: We read with great interest the article of Tan et al. , which reported that thrombospodin-1 (TSP-1), a multifunctional, extracellular, naturally occurring angiostatic protein, is differentially regulated by ovarian steroids. It is of…
NeLM - Drug Specific Reviews | April 21, 2010
Source: MTRAC
Area: Evidence > Drug Specific Reviews
In this review, the Midlands Therapeutics Review and Advisory Committee (MTRAC) has concluded that for the treatment of endometriosis, the gonadorelin analogues (buserelin, leuprorelin, nafarelin an…
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology -- Medical Sciences -- | April 21, 2010
Summary To examine the changes in matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and -9 (MMP-9) in the development and progression of endometriosis,
real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay and gelatin zymog…